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    "id": 419556,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to add my voice to this Motion which is very important. I think what has happened is that when in August last year the university lecturers called off the strike for their allowances under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), they were very patriotic. They called the strike off because they were promised that the money was going to be paid. We were told that the money was part of the Kshs7.8 billion that was paid. My arguments are very simple. If the money has been paid, the reason we have two Houses of Parliament is that when money is voted for a specific purpose in Government, that money must be utilized for that particular purpose and no other purpose. That is the basis of having Parliament appropriate money to Ministries and so forth. Therefore, it is going to be interesting and I want to call upon, in particular, the National Assembly that deals with the budget of the Ministries to get the relevant committees to investigate how the money that is meant for allowances and by negotiated CBA for lecturers can be diverted? Secondly, truth be told; this country is collapsing under corruption. It is collapsing! You open the newspapers any day and you get shocked. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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